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Imagine electric-blue shields arching over the entire city, providing environmental controls and safety against invading space-foes. Of course, our long history of sci-fi imagining has rarely panned out: it turns out those blue shields (and light-sabers<\/a> for that matter) use an incredible amount of energy.<\/p>\n

Pesky engineering demands aside, we continue to dream up stunning images that excite the imagination and propel us forward to a better future. These images remind us that wonderment is an origin from which we launch to exhaust what actually is possible.<\/p>\n

Here’s a really great collection of what our cities might look like in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image via Deviant Art<\/a><\/p>\n

Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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